Gnosis 37: Tenth Anniversary Issue. A Journal of the Western Inner Traditions (New)

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"My body belongs to the church into which I was born, but my soul can't be confined. My soul belongs to the primordial tradition."
- Huston Smith, from Tradition and Truth: A GNOSIS Interview with Huston Smith

Egypt was once at the heart of magical practice, and the Graeco-Egyptian papyri are the clearest and most extensive documentation of some of these earliest methods. Using academic tools, Stephen Skinner has translated and presented the information contained in the papyri so that the magic will transcend theory and become a real practice.
More than simply a guide to the papyri, Techniques of Graeco-Egyptian Magicis a complete survey and explanation of the techniques, including: Attracting love, ...More

"All acts of love and pleasure are my rituals" -- Doreen Valiente, The Charge of the Goddess

All Acts of Love and Pleasure is a companion guide to inclusive Wicca, which includes all participants regardless of sexual orientation, disability, age, or other differences, not by erasing or ignoring the distinctions, but by working with them creatively within initiatory Craft. Tracing the development of Pagan and Wiccan ideas about gender and sexuality, authority and tradition, we can see...More

Old-style Craft, also known as traditional witchcraft, endures as a distinct body of archaic magical practices in present-day Britain, North America and Australia. Originally nameless, such bodies are related to a variety of historical magical streams, most notably the practices of the Grimoires or 'black books', folk-healing, and popular magic of the early modern era. Typically, such groups operate in secret, with strict means of initiatic succession, and practice sorcery characterized b...More

Synchronicity: The Marriage of Matter and Psyche, is an in-depth exploration of Carl Jung's fascinating concept of "meaningful coincidences." In a typical synchronicity, a person may dream of an old friend, not heard from for many years, and receive a letter or telephone call from that person the next morning, or alternatively learn of their sudden death. Synchronicities are not mere coincidences, but arise out of a deeper ground where mind and matter are united. The book explains the cri...More

Living Theurgy is a masterpiece combining scholarly excellence with lucid practicality. Theurgy (‘god-working’) is a combination of ritual mystical practices interwoven with philosophy and theology. It was developed by Iamblichus and other Neoplatonists inspired by the works of philosophers including Plato, Aristotle and Pythagoras, and Julian the Chaldean.
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